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Topic·Discreet women✕clear
Sophocles1 quote
Silence gives the proper grace to women. — Sophocles · 440 BC
Thucydides1 quote
Great is the glory of the woman who occasions the least talk among men, whether of praise or of blame. — Thucydides · 404 BC